Accredited for Supply and Installation
Suppliers who are accredited for installation have provided documentation that indicates their experience and competence to install the named products and their installation practices comply with the Code of Practice for SWH Manufacture and Installation in New Zealand. An independent SWH Accreditation Administrator has reviewed the material provided and has approved their application. However accreditation offers no guarantee that suppliers or their Approved Installers meet those requirements. Purchasers should ensure that their SWH system is installed within the requirements set out in the Code of Practice available here. The criteria for accreditation are also available here.
A supplier is only accredited for the named and listed Complying Solar Water Heating Product and accreditation only applies when the installation is undertaken by their Approved Installers. Accreditation does not cover product that is sold for installation by anyone who is not an Approved Installer. Where installation is custom built by connection of collector, pump and controller to an existing hot water cylinder the solar system components must be named and listed Complying Product.
Agents, distributors and Approved installers listed under the accredited supplier's name have not been individually accredited. These parties operate under the named Accredited Supplier's training and quality systems and for the purposes of accreditation are considered as installers only for the Accredited Supplier.